Portable smoke-house.



B. K. LOYLAND.

PORTABLE SMOKE HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 1916.

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PORTABLE SMOKE HOUSE. APPLICATloNvFILED sEPT.15, 1916.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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' able Smoke-Houses,

BETSIE K. LOYLAND, OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA.

PORTABLE SMOKE-HOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application led September 15, 1916. Serial No. 120,292.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, Bnrsin K. LoYLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thief River Falls, in the county of Pennington and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain useful Improvements in Portof which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in portable smoke houses, oneobject of the invention being the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be used by the house-wife to home cure meat of allkinds, and which, by reason of its size, may be operated cheaply and maybe manufactured at a small cost.

In the accompanying drawings z- Figure l is a front elevation of thecomplete apparatus, the door being partially open to show the interiorthereof.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and a are detail views of various parts thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the supporting framewhich carries thereon the frame 6 which constitutes the wood burningmember of the present device for supplying smoke, a rotary blower 7being mounted tlierebelow and operated through the belt 8 and themechanism 9 so that the smoke may be driven from the frame 6 to theupper portion of the present mechanism.

Disposed above the wood burning compartment 6 is a casing 10 providedwith the door 11 and having disposed therein a primary screen shelf 13and secondary screen shelves l2. The primary screen shelf 13 has largeropenings than the secondary screen shelves 12 in order that articlesrequiring more thorough smoking may be placed thereupon and subjected toa denser quality of smoke than those carried above the secondary screenshelves 12 which tend to refine and purify the quality of smoke.Disposed above and in communication with the upper open end of thecasing 11 is the upper casing la, also provided with the door l5 andwith the damper controlled outlet 16.

This casing has mounted therein a plurality of hooks 17 for receivingsuspended articles such as hams, fish, bacon, and the like requiringsubjection to a finer quality of smoke and more careful attention.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis evident that a portable smoke house made according to and embodyingthe present invention may be provided for every home, especially inthe'country, so that the house-wife may at any time easily smoke any ofthe various meats, or where it is undesirable to smoke them, to dry themeat.

What I claim as new is 1. In a device of the class described, incombination, a supporting frame, a box-like member mounted thereupon, acasing connected so as to close said box-like member, the bottom of saidbox-like member being provided with an opening, a pipe connected to saidopening and depending below said member, a blower casing connected tosaid pipe, means for generating a current of air in said blower casing,and a disk-shaped member formed integrally upon said pipe and restingupon the bottom of said meniber and serving as a smoke spreader.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supportingframe, a burner compartment mounted thereupon, a closed casing for saidburner, a blower fan mount ed below said burner compartment andcommunicating with the latter, a shaft connected to said frame at rightangles to said blower fan, a pinion on said shaft, a counter shaft, asector gear mounted upon said counter shaft and engaging said pinion, anoperating lever pivoted upon one side of said burner compartment, aconnecting rod pivotally connected to said lever and to said sector, adrive wheel Xed on the first named shaft, a drive wheel fixed on the fanshaft, and a belt trained over both of said drive wheels.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supportingframe, a casing supported thereupon, u plurality of horizontallyextendmg screens ol2 varying mesh, un upper casmg secured at one 51de ofthe main eaeingrand leaving a smoke receivingv ing, and menus fordirecting the Smoke up- Wnl'dly into the Casing and into Said Smokereceiving Compartment, the upper end of l0 said1 compartmentbeingHprovided with a. se ries 0f exhaust pelnge-t Intestmony whereof l afHXmy signature.

BETSIE'K, LOYLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtanedor ye cept' s eac11, lby.stlgflresrsing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

